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Hamhocker got her Bridge Hammock

Hamhocker had read some threads about the Bridge hammock and wanted to try one out. She liked the idea of being able to lay flat in a the hammock. So for an early,early birthday present I bought her one. We got it yesterday and she was so excited that she ran out to meet the mailman who was delivering the mail. She even asked him if this was her hammock..like he would know

We took it out to the park to hang it before the rains set in. We left the instructions on how to hang it correctly on the dining room table so we just winged it. She got in the hammock and really enjoyed the flatness of the lay and how easy it was to turn over and lay on her side. She had problems laying on her side in another hammock plus she never felt comfortable.

She will get to try the hammock out next weekend since we have a backpacking trip planned.

Hopefully you had ~ 9'6" between the outer rings, which I think is the correct distance, unless they have changed that with the newer models. I finally put a RL on mine set for that distance so I could hang it with more precision. Or, the way I did it for a long time: with the bug net in place, just pull it until the net is tight, then back off a little bit.

It will be very interesting to see how the various pros and cons work out for Hamhocker! Good luck!

Hamhocker had read some threads about the Bridge hammock and wanted to try one out. She liked the idea of being able to lay flat in a the hammock. So for an early,early birthday present I bought her one. We got it yesterday and she was so excited that she ran out to meet the mailman who was delivering the mail. She even asked him if this was her hammock..like he would know

We took it out to the park to hang it before the rains set in. We left the instructions on how to hang it correctly on the dining room table so we just winged it. She got in the hammock and really enjoyed the flatness of the lay and how easy it was to turn over and lay on her side. She had problems laying on her side in another hammock plus she never felt comfortable.

She will get to try the hammock out next weekend since we have a backpacking trip planned.

I have attached a few pics from yesterday

I'm jealous, where did you find it, I hope online somewhere so I can get me one.

Hopefully you had ~ 9'6" between the outer rings, which I think is the correct distance, unless they have changed that with the newer models. I finally put a RL on mine set for that distance so I could hang it with more precision. Or, the way I did it for a long time: with the bug net in place, just pull it until the net is tight, then back off a little bit.

It will be very interesting to see how the various pros and cons work out for Hamhocker! Good luck!

I have no idea what distance we had it at. I just remembered the instructions said to find trees 12-13' apart which is what we did. I hadn't used the JRB's tri-guides before but we figured it out. It will take somemore playing with to get it right

Originally Posted by Rockdawg69

Expecting to see you both and the new arrival at Neo's May hang! Congrats!

we are planning on being there. We always have a lot of fun. Not sure what we will be cooking up this yr.

Originally Posted by muddog15

I'm jealous, where did you find it, I hope online somewhere so I can get me one.

I bought it from JRB. I keep watching the boards for a used one and they never seemed to popup. I figured we could always sell it on here if she didn't like it

Originally Posted by Dave41079

Excellent! That's my same test hang spot. It's less than 5 minutes from me, and tons of well placed trees.

We may be back over there this week so we can hang it the correct way this time. I also want to attach the summer incubator to it before this weekend.

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